Stereotypes of Women in the Media

My class asked of me to post my images that I created based on the stereotyped images that the media (more specifically, magazines and printed advertisements) portrays of women.

Late Powerful Image

Diane Beauvais
Late Powerful Image
7, May, 2010


This image was retrieved from MSNBC’s Week in Pictures website from: (March 18-25). The boys are playing in an Afghan refugee camp in a Pakistan neighborhood. It is an excellent photograph, compositionally, with close up clarity of the boy’s facial expressions in a shallow depth of field. The colors are somewhat muted, but representative of the situation. The photo brilliantly captures the juxtaposition of the innocence of children (pink balloon), and the terrors of living in a war torn landscape. The gun is a toy and it is being directly pointed at the photographer. Is it play or practice for the future?